Holocaust cartoons are no laughing matter

Holocaust subject of art exhibit in New Rochelle

10:30 PM,
Jan. 13, 2013

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The exhibit is small, but its message is clear: Political cartoonists of the 1930s and '40s tried to warn the American public about the plight of European Jews, say the creators of "Cartoons Against the Holocaust: Art in the Service of Humanity," on view this month in New Rochelle. Comprising just 17 images, the exhibit - developed by the David S. Wyman Institute for Holocaust Studies, in Washington, D.C., - features works by leading editorial cartoonists of the era, including Pulitzer Prize winner Charles Werner.

The images are part of a larger collection that appears in an upcoming book by ...